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1. Which Giant player failed to touch second base thereby creating a force play as the potential winning run scored on a base hit in September 1908 and thereby cost the Giants the 1908 pennant?
2. Which team came from last place on July 4th to win the 1914 N.L.pennant?
3. Who hit the ' Homer in the Gloamin ' to help the Cubs win the 1938 pennant?
4. Who came back from injury in midseason to help the Yankees beat the Red Sox in 1949 ?
5. Who hit a homer in the 10th inning in the last game of the season to win the 1950 pennant for the Phillies over the Dodgers ?
6. Which Dodger pitcher gave up the ' shot heard round the world ' to Bobby Thompson in the 1951 playoff loss to the Giants ?
7. Which team blew a six and a half game lead with 12 games to play in 1964 ?
8. WHich team did the Indians beat in a one game playoff for the pennant in 1948 ?
9. Who did the San Francisco Giants beat in a three game pennant playoff in 1962 ?
10. Which team won 111 games the most ever in an A. L. 154 game season ?
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